Contraceptive methods are like putting a premium on vice. It makes men and women reckless... As it is, man has sufficiently degraded woman for his lust, and [contraception] , no matter how well meaning the advocates may be, will still further degrade her.

I have described Swaraj as Ramarajya and Ramarajya is an impossibility unless we have thousands of Sitas.

We may never be strong enough to be entirely non-violent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep non-violence as our goal and make steady progress towards it.

Truth should be the very breath of our life. When once this state in the pilgrim's progress is reached, all other rules of correct living will come without any effort, and obedience to them will be instinctive.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.

For winning Swaraj one requires iron discipline.

Sacrifice that causes pain is no sacrifice at all. True sacrifice is joy-giving and uplifting.